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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Down the River.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the meaning of "Xiao," the first part of all the little girls' names?
(a) Little.
(b) Education.
(c) River.
(d) Jade.

2. Which of these places is NOT mentioned as a new home of a Chinese baby?
(a) Boston.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Los Angeles.
(d) Atlanta.

3. What does the author say the book is for her daughter?
(a) A way to tell her about the culture from which she came.
(b) A way to fill in the blanks of an important human interaction.
(c) Her own memoirs.
(d) A story about her birth parents.

4. Which of these is NOT an item mentioned as having been found with an abandoned baby?
(a) A stuffed panda bear.
(b) String bracelets.
(c) A yam.
(d) A bag of rice.

5. Which of these is NOT a source of the author's story?
(a) Her child's birth mother.
(b) Anthropologists.
(c) Chinese citizens.
(d) Demographers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practice does Karin take up to help her de-stress?

2. What does Karin put in the notebook decorated with Chinese characters?

3. What is the local legend about the founding of Guanzhou?

4. What is the name of Karin and Mark's new puppy?

5. What human tie does Evans call one of the deepest possible?

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